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PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

W; H. BENDER. ADVERTISING NOVELTY. APPLICATION FILED FEB.25, 1904.

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PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

W. H. BENDER. ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

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No. 804,372. PA TENTBD NOV. 14, 1905. W. H. BENDBR.

ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1904.

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WILLIAM HOWARD BENDER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application filed Febru ry 25, 1904. Serial No. 195,154.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HOWARD BEN- DER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinAdvertising N ovelties, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in advertising novelties; and itconsists in the novel features and combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to produce a machine or apparatus for theattractive display of advertising or other matter applied upon curtainsto be unrolled across the front field of the machine, and in itspreferred emto the carriers adjacent to the said rollers,) :draw-rodsarranged on the curtains intermediate the rollers therefor, and theirouter fastened ends, a traveler adapted to be moved intermediate thegroups of rolled curtains, clutches carried by said traveler forengaging when the traveler is at the lower end of its path the draw-rodof one of the curtains of the lower group and unwinding such curtainupwardly as the traveler moves to the upper end of its path, additionalclutches carried by said traveler for engaging when the traveler reachesits upper position the drawrod of one of the curtains of the upper groupand unrolling said curtain downwardly as the traveler returns to itslower position to allow the curtain previously unrolled upwardly tobecome rewou nd upon its roller, and means connected with said travelerfor actuating the respective roller-carriers when said travelerapproaches the same to deliver an already-distising novelties, and inaccordance with the present invention two novel features are presented,one belng novel clutches carried by if the apparatus were used on acar.

4 the traveler and the other being the means provided for displaying thecurtains without detaching either the curtain-roller or the outer end ofthe curtain from the carriers. One of the desirable features of theclutches carried by the traveler is that they cooperate with cam-rods toso firmly lock the rod or part carried by them for effecting theunrolling of the curtain that said part cannot possibly become loosenedfrom said clutchesby any jarring action, such as might take place Themeans presented in this applicationfor moving the curtain-rollercarriers so as to position the curtains for the clutches of the travelercorrespond substantially with the means for accomplishing the sameresult shown in the aforesaid Letters Patent of William Howard Bender,and such means are not, therefore, specifically claimed herein.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in whicha Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of adisplay apparatus constructed in accordance with and embodying theinvention, the traveler which moves between the upper and lower groupsof curtains being shown in about a middle position between said groupsand as traveling toward one of said groups for the purpose of deliveringa curtain thereto and unrolling a curtain of the opposite group. Fig. 2is a side elevation, partly broken away and partly in section, of same,the section being on the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anenlarged front elevation, partly in section, of the upper left-handcorner of the apparatus presented in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detached frontelevation of a cambar forming a detail of the machine and employed tocooperate with the clutches carried by the traveler. Fig. 5 is anenlarged side elevation, partly broken away and partly in section, ofthe upper left-hand end of the apparatus, and in this figure thetraveler is shown in an upper position adjacent to the uppercurtain-roller carrier. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of same on thedotted line 6 6 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged detached elevationlooking at the inner right-hand end of the traveler.

The general frame of the apparatus comprises a top plate 20, abase-plate 21, corresponding right and left hand standards 22 22, andcorrespondingright or left hand cam- IIO bars 23 23, the standards 22affording guides for the traveler and bearings for the shafts of theupper and lower curtain-roller carriers, as hereinafter explained.

Immediately below the top plate is mounted a rotary carrier for theupper group of spring curtain-rollers, said carrier comprising a shaft24, mounted in apertures in the standards 22, the disk-plates 25 26secured on-said shaft, and rods 27, to which the outer ends of thecurtains 28 are fastened, said rods 27 being at their ends held inequally-spaced apertures in said plates 25 26 and said curtains 28 beingnormally wound upon the spring-rollers 29 of ordinary construction,whose shafts 30 are held in apertures in said plates 25 26, as shown.The rollers 29 may turn upon their shafts, and the usual springs for thesaid rollers, which are hollow, are secured at one end to the roller andat the other end to the shaft. The disk-plates 25 26- are formed attheir peripheries with equallyspaced notches orrecesses 31 to detachablyhold draw-rods 32, there'being one rod 32 for each curtain 28 and therecesses 31 for each rod 32 being on a plane intermediate thecurtain-roller 29 and 'the rod 27, to which the outer end of the curtainis fastened, whereby the draw-rod 32 while in its recess'31 is held in aloop or bight formed. in and adjacent to the outer end of'the curtain,as clearly illustrated at the left-hand portion of Figs. 2 and 5. Thetension of the spring curtain-rollers is relied upon, acting through thecurtains, to normally retain the draw-rods 32 within the recesses 31.

The curtains carried by the plates 25 26 constitute the upper group ofcurtains, and at the lower end of the general frame of the apparatus isprovided a corresponding group of curtains, the carrier at the lower endof said frame comprising disk-plates 33 34 and shaft 35, the latterbeing mounted in apertures in the standards 22 and said plates 33 34being provided on their peripheries with recesses 36 for the lower setof draw-rods 37. The lower curtains are denoted by the numeral 38 andare upon spring-rollers 39, corresponding with the upper rollers 29, andhave their outer ends fastened to rods 40 correspondingly with thecurtains 28 at the upper portion of the apparatus. The shafts of thelower set of curtain-rollers 39 are held in aperturesin the plates 3334.

The upper curtainroller carrier corresponds substantially with the lowercurtainroller carrier, and said upper carrier turns downwardly andtoward the front of the apparatus, while the lower curtain-rollercarrier turns upwardly and toward thefront of the apparatus, asindicatedby the arrows in Fig. 2.

The upper and lower curtain-roller carriers are designed to have anintermittent rotary motion, and the means I provide for yieldinglylocking the carriers at the end of each of their movements comprise foreach carrier the pivoted latch 41, having near its end a notch 42 and atits end an inclined lip 43, said notch 42 being adapted to engage thepins 44, secured to and projecting outwardly from the plates 26 33,respectively, of the carriers. The latch 41 is given a normalspring-tension toward the pins 44 by means of a coiled spring 45. Thelatch 41, pins 44, and spring 45 are substantially 'identical with likemeans provided fora like purpose in the apparatus made the subject ofthe aforesaid Letters Patent of William Howard Bender, and hence thesaid devices are not specifically claimed herein and require noelaborate description.

The traveler (numbered as a whole 46) comprises end frames 47 48,vertically apertured to slide and be guided upon the standards 22 22,the said frames 47 48 being connected by bars 49 50, so that they maymove in unison.

The traveler 46 carries the means for imparting the intermittentmovements to the upper and lower roller carriers, so as to position thecurtain-rollers and draw-rods, and also the clutch or locking means forengaging the draw-rods 32 37 and withdrawing them from the carriers, soas to effect the unrolling of the curtains 28 38 in the mannerrepresented in Fig. 2. The means presented for positioning the curtainsby imparting intermittent rotary movements to the upper and lowercarriers are substantially identical with the means for accomplishingthe like purpose shown and described in detail in the aforesaid LettersPatent of William Howard Bender, and the said means comprise pivoteddogs 51 52, carried by the traveler-frames 47 48, respectively, andlantern-wheels 53 54, secured to the carriers, respectively, the dog 51extending downwardly and the dog 52 extending upwardly and said dogs,respectively, having inwardly-extending pins 55 to engage the lips 43 ofthe latches 41 for the purpose of moving said latches outwardly on theirpivots, Fig. 5, to permit the rotation of the carriers under thepressure of said dogs against the said lantern-wheels, as

described in the aforesaid Letters Patent of William Howard Bender. Thedogs 51 52 are weighted and are aided in maintaining a substantiallyvertical position by means of small stop-pins 56 of known character. Thepins 55, carried by the dogs 51 52, ride against thelips 43 of thelatches 41 to press said latches outwardly, Fig. 5, and said pins 55when receding from the carriers ride upon the opposite surfaces of saidlipsth'at is, upon the upper surface of the upper lip 43 and the lowersurface of the lip for the lower latch 41.

The traveler-frames 47 48 carry locking clutch-bars 57 58, there beingin the present instance two of these bars secured to each of saidframes, the lower bars 58 to engage and withdraw the draw-rods 37 of thelower-roller carrier and the upper bars 57 to withdraw the draw-rods 32from the upper-curtain-roller carrier. The bars 57 58 correspond witheach other, and, as more clearly shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, the saidbars are secured upon vertical pivots 59, so that they may have a hingedmovement when necessary. Behind the shorter arms of the bars 57 58 areprovided coiled springs 60, which tend to move the outer and longer armsofv said bars in a direction toward the inner faces of the frames 47 48,as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 6. At their outer ends the bars57 58 are formed with recesses 61, Fig. 7, to pass upon the ends of thedraw-rods 32 37, and the said bars 57 58 are sustained against verticalstrains by means of inwardly-extending upper and lower lugs 62,integralwith the frames 47 48,and by studs 63, which are confined 'withinapertures 64, formed in said frames 47 48. The bars 57 58 cooperate withthe vertical cam or lookingbars 23, which are substantially parallelwith and to the front of the standards 22, where said bars 23 stand inline with the studs 63 of the bars 57 58, as clearly illustrated inFigs. 2, 5, and 6. When the bars 57 58 are in motion or at restintermediate the upper and lower curtain-roller-carriers, theinwardlyprojecting portion (numbered 65 in Fig. 4) of the cam-bars 23will maintain the outer or longer arms of the bars 57 58 at their inwardposition, (represented by solid lines inFig. 6,) and when the bars 57pass upwardly beyond the said surfaces 65 of the bars 23 they will underthe action of the springs ride over the upper inclined cam surfaces orshoulders 66 of the bars 23 and move outwardly to the position indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. 6 and solid lines in Fig. 3, thus freeingthemselves from the draw-rod 32 previously held by them and assuming acondition in which they can grasp the next draw-rod 32, positioned forthem upon the succeeding descent of the traveler 46. The bars 57 do notrelease a rod 32 at a definite point and come to a stop there and atonce descend from such point with another rod. The bars 57 release a rod32 while on the shoulders 66 of the cambars 23, and the traveler 46after the bars 57 release such rod 32 moves slightly farther upwardly toturn the carrier and cause the latter to bring another rod 32 downwardlyto position in line with the shoulders 66, so that said rod maybe takenby the bars 57 when the latter again ride on the shoulders 66 during theearly part of the descent of the traveler 46. At the lower ends of theprojecting surfaces of the bars 23 are the outwardly-inclined cam orshoulder surfaces 67, which when the traveler is reaching its lowerposition permit the lower bars 58 to at their outer portions springoutwardly from the draw-rod 37 carried by them and to engage thesucceeding draw-rod presented in position for them when said traveler 46recedes upwardly from the qlower-curtain-roller carrier. .Theprojectingupper locking-bars 57 pass-upwardly above the inclinedsurfaces 66 of the cam-bars 23, the dog 52 during such movementimparting a limited rotary motion to the upper rotary roller-carrier toposition a curtain and its draw-rod 32, and the traveler 46 will then bemoved downwardly, and during the early por tion of such movement the twoupper lockingbars 57 will at their outer ends be moved inwardly byreason of their engagement with said surfaces 66 and carry theirrecesses 61 upon the ends of the draw-rod 32 then in position to beengaged by said bars 57. The continued down ward movement of thetraveler 46 with the upper locking-bars 57 engaging the ends of thedraw-rod 32 will result in the curtain 28 being unwound, as indicated inFig. 2, the matter on the curtain being displayed at the front of themachine. Upon the traveler 46 approaching its lower position the dog 51carried thereby will position the lower cu rtainroller carrier, and thelower locking-bars 58 will pass below the inclined surfaces 67 of thebars 23, so that their outer recessed ends may retire toward the innersurfaces of the frames 47 48. Upon the return upward movement of thetraveler 46 the bars 58 will ride upon the inclined surfaces 67 of thebars 23 and have their outer ends forced inwardly thereby and theirrecesses 61 moved upon the ends of the drawrod 37 then in position to beengaged by them, and thereupon during the continued upward movement ofthe traveler 46 the said bars 58 will carry the said draw-rod 37 withthem and effect the unwinding of the curtain 38, displaying said curtain38 across the front field of' the apparatus, while. at the same time theupper curtain 28 is being wound upon its roller and disappearing fromview. In Fig. 2 I illustrate the traveler 46 as being on its descent,unrolling an upper curtain 28 and permittinga lower curtain 38 to becomerewound upon its roller. Upon the traveler 46 reaching the lower-rollercarrier the curtainrod 37, held by the lower bars 58, will pass into itsrecess 36 and be released, and the lower dog 51 will immediatelyposition the lower-curtain carrier to bring the next drawrod thereofupwardly to be taken by the locking-bars 58 upon the succeeding ascentof the traveler 46. Upon the traveler 46 reaching its upper position thelocking-bars 57 deliver the draw-rod 32 held by them to its recesses 31of the carrier, and the dog 52 actuates the carrier to move the nextsucceeding draw-rod 32 downwardly into position to be taken by the upperlocking-bars 57 upon the following descent of said traveler 46. Thusduring the employment of the apparatus the traveler while in motion willbe engaged in unwinding one of the curtains of one group and permittingthe rewinding of a curtain'of the other group. g

In the form of the apparatus shown neither the curtain-roller nor theouter end of the curtain will leave the carrier, and while this is adesirable feature of the construction I do not limit all parts of myinvention-to such feature.

In any instance in which it may be desired to employ but one carrier forthe curtains the traveler would only employ one set of locking-bars 57or 58 and one positioning-pawl 51 or 52, the bars 58 and pawl 51 beingomitted if there is no roller-carrier'at the lower end of the apparatusand the bars 57 and pawl 52 being omitted if there is but onerollercarrier and that is located at the lower end of the generalsupporting-frame.

The traveler 46 may be moved by hand or may have applied to it thedriving mechanism shown in the aforesaid Letters Patent of WilliamHoward Bender or any other suitable mechanism for imparting movement toit.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A display apparatus comprising a general supporting-frame, and atraveler adapted to be moved intermediate the ends of said frame,combined with a spring-roller with a curtain thereon at the end of saidframe, means adjacent to said roller for securing the outer end of thecurtain, a draw-rod intermediate the said roller and the outer end ofsaid curtain and engaging said curtain, and means carried by saidtraveler in engagement with the ends of said rod for causing the saidrod to follow said traveler and thus effect the unrolling and rewindingof said curtain; substantially as set forth.

2. A display apparatus comprising a general supporting-frame, and atraveler adapted to be moved intermediate the ends of said frame,combined with a spring-roller with a curtain thereon at one end of saidframe, means adjacent to said roller for securing the outer end of saidcurtain, a draw-rod intermediate the said roller and the outer end ofsaid curtain and engaging said curtain, a

spring-roller with a curtain thereon at the other end of said frame,means adjacent thereto for securing the outer end of said secondcurtain, a draw-rod intermediate said second roller and the outer end ofits curtain and which the outer ends of said curtains are fastened, anda draw-rod for each of said ourtains, said draw-rod for each curtainbeing in engagement with the same intermediate its roller and outer end,combined with a traveler adapted to be moved intermediate said groups ofrollers, means carried by said traveler for automatically engaging thedraw-rod of one curtain of one of said groups when said traveler is atone end of its path for causing the same to follow said traveler duringits movement from said group to unroll the curtain, and means carried bysaid traveler for automatically engaging a draw-rod of one curtain ofthe other of said groups when said traveler is at the other end of itspath for causing the same to follow said traveler during its movementfrom said group to unroll the curtain; substantially as set forth.

4. A display apparatus comprising the general supportingframe, a groupof spring-rollers with curtains thereon at opposite ends of said frame,carriers for said rollers and to which the outer ends of said curtainsare fastened, and a draw-rod for each of said curtains, said draw-rodfor each curtain being in engagement with the same intermediate itsroller and outer end, combined with a traveler adapted to be movedintermediate said groups of rollers, means carried by said traveler forautomatically engaging the draw-rod of one curtain of one of said groupswhen said traveler is at one end of its path for causing the same tofollow said traveler during its movement from said group to unroll thecurtain, means carried by said traveler for automatically engaging adraw-rod of one curtain of the other of said groups when said traveleris at the other end of its path for causing the same to follow saidtraveler during its movement from said group to unroll the curtain, andmeans for actuating said carriers to successively position said curtainsand bring said draw-rods to position to be taken one after another bythe traveler mechanism when the traveler reaches the ends of its path;substantially as set forth.

5. A display apparatus comprising the general supporting-frame, a groupof spring-rollers with curtains thereon at one end of said frame,carriers for said rollers and to which the outer ends of said curtainsare fastened, and a draw-rod for each of said curtains, said draw-rodfor each curtain being in engagement with the same intermediate itsroller and outer end, and said carriers having recesses to normallyposition said rods, combined with a traveler adapted to be moved towardand from said group, means carried by said traveler for automaticallyengaging the drawrod of one of said curtains when said traveler is atone end of its path for causing the same to follow it during its travelfrom said group to unroll the curtain, and means for actuating saidcarrier to successively position said ourtains and bring said draw-rodsto position to be taken one after another by the traveler mechanism whenthe traveler reaches said group; substantially as set forth.

6. A display apparatus comprising a general supporting-frame, a group ofspring-rollers with curtains thereon at one end of said frame, andcarriers for said rollers, said ourtains each having a rod connectedtherewith, and'at its ends projecting beyond the same, combined with atraveler adapted to be moved intermediate the ends of said frame forunrolling and permitting the rewinding of said ourtains, one afteranother, as it moves from and toward said group, pivoted clutch-barscarried by said traveler for engaging the ends of a curtain-rod forcompelling said rod to follow the traveler and effect the unrolling ofthe curtain, cams for locking said bars and rod in positive engagementwith each other during the movement of the traveler to unroll and permitthe rewinding of the curtain, means for releasing said bars from saidrod when the traveler returns to said group, and means for actuatingsaid carrier to successively position said rods to be taken one afteranother by said bars; substantially as set forth.

7. A display apparatus comprising a general supporting-frame, a group ofspring-rollers with curtains thereon at one end of said frame, andcarriers for said rollers, said ourtains each having a rod connectedtherewith and at its ends projecting beyond the same, combined with atraveler adapted to be moved intermediate the ends of said frame forunrolling and permitting the rewinding of said curtains, one afteranother, as it moves from and toward said group, clutch-bars carried bysaid traveler for engaging the ends of a curtain-rod to compel said rodto follow the traveler and effect the unrolling of the curtain, thecam-bars 23 for moving said clutch-bars into engagement with thecurtain-rods and maintaining such engagement during the movement of thetraveler to unroll and permit the rewinding of the curtains, means forreleasing said clutch -bars from the curtain rods when the curtains havebeen rewound, and means for actuating sald carrier to successivelyposltlon sald rods to be taken one afers with curtains thereon at oneend of said 7 frame, and carriers for said rollers, said curtains eachhaving a rod connected therewith and at its ends projecting beyond thesame, combined with a traveler adapted to be moved intermediate the endsof said frame for unrolling and permitting the rewinding of saidcurtains, one after another, as it moves from and toward said group,clutch-bars carried by said traveler for engaging the ends ofacurtain-rod to compel said rod to follow the traveler and efiect theunrolling of the curtain, the cam-bars 23 for moving said clutch-barsinto engagement with the curtain-rods and maintaining such engagementduring the movement of the traveler to unroll and permit the rewindingof the curtains, springs for releasing said clutch-bars from thecurtain-rods when the curtains have been rewound, and means foractuating said carrier to successively position said rods to be takenone after another by said bars; substantially as set forth.

9. Adisplay apparatus comprising ageneral supporting-frame, a group ofspring-rollers with curtains thereon at one end of said frame, andcarriers for said rollers, said ourtains each having a rod connectedtherewith and at its ends projecting beyond the same, combined with atraveler adapted to be moved intermediate the ends of said frame forunrolling and permitting the rewinding of said curtains, one afteranother, as it moves from and toward said group, the pivoted clutchbars57 carried by said traveler for engaging the ends of a curtain-rod tocompel said rod to follow the traveler and effect the unrolling of thecurtain, the cam-bars 23 for cooperating with said clutch-bars andhaving projecting portions and inclined shoulders 66, means forreleasing said clutch-bars from the curtain-rods when the curtains havebeen rewound, and means for actuating said carrier to successivelyposition said rods to be taken one after another by said bars;substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 2 1th day of February, A. D. 1904:-

WILLIAM HOWARD BENDER. Witnesses:

ARTHUR MARION, CHARLES C. GILL.

